Thousands of troops retreated, but there was a general who came against the current, he was Jiangdong Menghu, Sun Wentai.

At this time, Sun Jian had reached the end of the crossbow.

When Li Hu's whole army attacked, Sun Jian was still fighting with Yan Gang. One of the two is a hero from the North, and the other is a Jianghuai warrior, and they are both leaders for a while.

Yan Gang is skilled in bow horses, and Sun Jian is skilled. But the former is still not as good at fighting as the latter, if Sun Jian hadn't already had the intention to go, Yan Gang might have been cut off by him several times.

Later, when Sun Jian's troops were no longer supported and retreated, Sun Jian knew that he could not delay any longer.

He used the iron armor on his chest to suffer Yan Gang's hard blow, and then cut off Yan Gang's war horse with a single sword, and then the knife went straight up, and it was a blow to Yan Gang's body.

If this blow hadn't been for Yan Gang's iron mask, he would have been able to cut his cheek in half directly. And now, although he is protected by an iron mask, Yan Gang is still beheaded with blood on his face.

This blow didn't kill Yan Gang, and Sun Jian didn't pay attention to him anymore. Instead, he returned directly to his war horse, Chi Qi, and began to ride his horse to Cheng Pu and Han Dang, who were still fighting.

But just one glance, Sun Jian's eyes were blank, it turned out that Cheng Pu and Han Dang, the two generals, were gone, and even the banner representing their establishment slowly fell.

On the battlefield, the last two formed Sun Jianbu are also collapsing.

For a while, Sun Jian's whole person was in a trance, he looked at the soldiers and horses he had accumulated falling apart by the water, and watching the people he was familiar with being slaughtered, he roared in pain:

"Is it that heaven is going to kill my Sun Jian, so that I and my brethren will be buried in this place?"

After saying that, he directly spurted out a mouthful of blood.

This vomit also made Sun Jianwei lie down on his horse, and he no longer had the same spirit as before.

Just when Sun Jian was about to be buried by the Zhangshui with Pao Ze to be a ghost male, the red horse he was sitting on suddenly galloped wildly.

The red horse carried Sun Jian all the way, and even ran directly towards the glacier north of the battlefield.

"Kachacha ......"

As soon as the red horse reached the ice, there was a sound like a glacial cracking.

At this time, Sun Jian was already desperate, he recalled the origin of his bare horse, and there was a trace of remorse in his heart.

That was when Sun Jian was still making the order of Xiapi, and he bought it from the horse market in Xiapi when he recruited Jianghuai's children to join the army.

At that time, he saw that the horse was strong and strong, so he bought it for a thousand dollars. After buying the horses, he went back to the barracks. At that time, it happened that Xiapi's colleague Jin Cao Changpi came to visit and performed for him.

Pi Wei is a well-known Soma expert in Xiapi, and when he heard that Sun Jian spent a thousand catties to buy a good horse, he naturally wanted to see more. So Sun Jian asked Pi Wei to go up and take a look.

But who knew that Pi Wei only stepped forward to take a look, and then he was silent, Sun Jian knew that there was something wrong, so he asked Chi Wei to pull him down from the hall, and then sat down with Pi Wei again.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Sun Jian couldn't wait to ask:

"Why is Pi Jun silent?"

Pi Wei twisted his long hair hanging down his chest, hesitated slightly, and still said truthfully:

"This horse is a thousand-mile horse, or a rare war horse embryo. With a little training, it will be a sharp weapon for the general to fight on the battlefield."

The more Pi Jian said this, the more Sun Jian knew that there was still a person behind him.

Sure enough, after a little foreshadowing, Pi Wei said:

"Sun Jun, have you noticed that the space between his lips and nose is black? And there is a natural fire word between the nose and lips?"

Sun Jian hurriedly went out of the hall to see the red stump tied to the horse stake, and after a careful examination, he immediately found that there was really a line between the nose and lips of the horse, which resembled the word fire.

This place is so hidden that if he hadn't pointed it out, he might not have noticed it even after riding for a few years.

At this time, Pi Wei had already come out of the hall, and Sun Jian hurriedly asked:

"Pi-kun, what does this fire pattern say?"

This time, Pi Wei was no longer hesitant, but straightforward:

"Whoever has this tattoo on the horse, it is a hindrance."

() "Hinder?"

Sun Jian was taken aback and asked again.

The skin twisted the long hair

Release:

"I advise Sun Jun to quit this horse. You will have to fight on the battlefield in the near future, this unlucky thing, you still have to avoid it."

When Sun Jian heard this, he was a little speechless for a while.

After a while, he forced a smile:

"Since this horse is a hindrance to the master. If I retreat, will I not bring disaster to others? When the time comes, I will not kill them, but they will die because of me. Although I, Sun Jian, can't talk about great benevolence and righteousness, but Sun thinks he can still get the word righteousness."

What he said made Pi Wei a little unhappy.

He was originally well-intentioned to persuade him, but who knew that this Sun Jian actually pretended to be with him? Didn't he say that he was the kind of villain who blamed others?

With this thought in his heart, Pi Wei's excitement also surged, and he only said one sentence in the end, which should be all this colleague.

He said:

"I'm not talking nonsense, but this horse is not a pack horse, let alone a war horse. In fact, this horse is destined to be a horseman. It's not suitable for the battlefield, it's only for the farmland, that's its destiny."

Sun Jian listened to Pi Wei's words, and felt uncomfortable.

What does it mean to be born only to be a pull horse and not to be a war horse? Isn't this person ordering him Sun Jian? It means that he Sun Jian is a melon farmer in his life, don't expect anything to be a marquis and pay homage to the prime minister?

Sun Jian thought of this, and then looked at this red horse, but he suddenly liked it. These horses are unbelievers.

So, Sun Jian laughed, stroked the red horse, and said heroically:

"That tiger has a king pattern, and this horse has a fire pattern, and they are all good intentions. You said that this horse was destined to die in the field, but I, Sun Jian, didn't believe it. Pi Jun, that's all for today, I still have military affairs with me, so I don't dare to stay longer."

After speaking, Sun Jian stepped on the war horse and walked away.

Looking at Sun Jian in the distance, Pi Wei sighed:

"But the people under the heavenly prison, the year will be eternal and eternal, and the people will not die in heaven, and the people will die. Sun Jian, your life has long been sealed."

At this time, the red horse was running wildly on the ice, the ice around him was breaking, and Sun Jian's life was hanging by a thread.

The ice on Zhangshui is actually very thick, but when he was forbidden to stay in Yecheng, considering the defense of Zhangshui, he let people carve troops on both sides, so that Zhangshui could still become the outer defense line of Yecheng.

The red horse carried Sun Jian on the ice. The ice was slippery, but Chi Qi was able to carry Sun Jian all the way.

The winter rain is pouring down, and the more it falls, the heavier it gets.

Sun Jian took off his outer armor, bare arms, and hugged Chi Qiao's neck tightly, he had pinned his fate on this horse, he guessed something.

"Booming ......"

Another explosion sounded.

It was also in this explosion that a red lightning bolt also jumped out.

It was a red horse carrying Sun Jian leaping, and it was clear that it was going to flee with its master.

The red qi that jumped in the air and looked up to the sky hoarsely, as if it could roar away the low clouds.

It jumped to the north bank of Zhangshui.

But unfortunately, I don't know if it's because of physical exhaustion, or if this distance is indeed a bit far. The bare hooves only landed on the shore and the back half of the water landed.

Chiqi pulled the shore with all his might, and kept screaming at Sun Jian, as if urging him to hurry ashore.

In the end, Sun Jian burst into tears and went up to the north shore from the head of the bare horse.

As soon as he leaned on the ground, the red squirt slipped weakly into the water and disappeared into the icy waves.

Sun Jianwang loved his horse like this, hoarsely exhausted, and cried.

It was also at this time that suddenly the heavens and the earth were shaking.

On this battlefield, there was an earthquake.

Everyone fell to the ground and stopped fighting. Under the power of heaven and earth, human beings are still the same ants.

The earthquake passed quickly, and Taishan Jun and others quickly cleaned up their horrors and cleaned up the battlefield ().

But after the earthquake, Sun Jian disappeared.

In this battle, the Taishan army took most of Sun Jian's soldiers, except for Lü Fan, who was killed in battle, and the rest surrendered in battle

, or abandon the army in despair.

But when Li Hu and Zhang Zhen learned that Sun Jian had disappeared, and Yu Ban, who came later, failed to find Sun Jian's figure on the north bank, the victory in this battle was still clouded by a layer of haze.

On November 12, the battle by the Zhangshui River ended, but on this day, there was also a fierce discussion in the Zhang Chong Division, which was repaired in Chaoge, and the results of the discussion of this military discussion also determined the final evolution of the Hebei battlefield.

November 12th, Song of the Pilgrimage.

It was already the third day of the fall of the Taishan army, and thanks to the excellent military discipline of the Taishan army, all the surnames in the city had been blocked.

On the snowy night of the ninth day, when the Taishan army broke through the city, the news of the military mutiny in the Qishui camp was also sent to Zhang Chong the day before.

The messenger was sent by Ding Sheng, the commander of the Taishan Army's Western Expeditionary Army.

The letter said that since the 10th, there had been an abnormal movement in the Han army camp on the south bank of Qishui, and troops stationed nearby had been recalled to the camp and never left again.

The Han army's action to gather military strength surprised Ding Sheng on the other side, and then he kept an eye on the opposite side's movements.

Later, on the 11th, the opposite side suddenly began to retreat, and Ding Sheng immediately led his troops to chase after him, but because the opposite side had already chiseled the ice surface of Qishui, he was stopped in Shuibei.

Ding Sheng didn't dare to pour it out, so he could only send the information to Zhang Chong of Chaoge first.

The abnormal behavior of the Han army on the south bank of Qishui surprised Zhang Chong and disrupted Zhang Chong's original plan.

Just when he held a military meeting and was about to discuss the matter with the generals.

In the wind and rain, an ox cart slowly drove into Chaoge from the northwest direction.

He is the messenger sent by the Han army, Xun You.

Xun You's purpose in coming to Chaoge was very simple, that is, on behalf of the Henan Han Army and Zhang Chong of Chaoge, they wanted to let the Taishan Army open the southward passage, and they were willing to return to Henan and be safe across the river from the Taishan Army.

That's right, the gang of Henan Haoshi has been so bold that they dare to negotiate peace with the rebels in private.

In fact, on the night of the 9th Night Mutiny, they had planned to return to Chaoge the next day, preparing to take the Han army's arsenal and grain in the city.

But soon the news of Chao Gecheng's break spread with Liu Bei's arrival.

After Liu Bei passed the military information to Chaoge City in the snowstorm on the ninth day and night, he was not able to prevent Chaoge City from breaking.

Later, Liu Bei knew that the city was irretrievable, so he took Zhang Fei and others to rush to the Han army camp in Qishui, preparing to invite rescuers to the camp to return to Chaoge.

But as soon as Liu Bei and others entered the camp, they were controlled, and in the end, they were also coerced by Cao Cao and others.

In fact, Liu Bei and the others were going to be pulled out and beheaded at the beginning, just because they were all from Hebei and were destined to be with them in Henan people.

But they were rescued by Cao Cao, he saw Liu Bei and Zhang Fei as good men, especially when he knew that Liu Bei's righteous act of supporting Chao Ge was even more respectful.

So, Cao operated the insurance and saved Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others. But the condition is that Zhang Wen's letter must be burned in front of everyone, including the one sent to Zhang Rang, and the right to vote for it.

After that, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others were escorted to the back barracks and guarded.

As soon as Liu Bei's side was pulled down, Cao Cao, Xun You and Huangfu Song began to discuss the situation after that.

Now, the plan to fight back against Chaoge has gone bankrupt due to the snowy night attack of the Taishan army.

Not only could the grain and armor not be replenished in the future, but now even the passage to the south of the Great River was subject to a flank attack from the east. The situation is not without its urgency.

It's not that they didn't think of directly attacking Chaoge.

For example, Zhao Rong suggested that while the Taishan thieves had not been able to suppress the whole city for a long time, they should immediately choose light troops to go south.

Even Zhao Rong hinted that Sun Jian's remnants could be chosen as the dead soldiers, and he would not feel distressed if he died anyway.

But Zhao Rong's suggestion was rejected by all the captains, including Huangfu Song.

Huangfu Song felt that the series of military operations of the Taishan Army had been quite successful. () Just take the example of this snowy night rushing to Chaoge, interspersed with hundreds of miles of running, and then smashing the enemy's vital points.

This tactic can go down in history.

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Such a strong enemy, who still thinks that relying on one or two small strategies and clever can annihilate the Taishan army, it is a fool's dream.

As for the reason for the opposition of the other lieutenants, it is very simple, they all regard the strength in their hands as the first priority.

Especially after experiencing the affairs of Sun Jian and Feng Fang, they know better the guarantee of survival in troubled times.

And Zhao Rong's thoughts, how can they not understand?

For example, he said that Sun Jian's remnants were used as a light attack, and it was not because when Sun Jian's remnants were carved up this time, Zhao Rong was excluded because of his identity.

Moreover, they also annexed a lot of Hanoi's soldiers and horses this time, do they have to give up all of this?

Thinking of relying on this method to compromise their strength? This Zhao Rong couldn't help but think too easily.

In this way, the plan to lightly attack Chaoge was put on hold, so how to withdraw the troops later?

At that time, the school captain Chun Yuqiong suggested that Xun You should be used as an envoy to negotiate peace with the song.

What he means is, how can the Taishan army win a good deal after a long battle? Especially in the face of the flanking attack of the main forces of the Han soldiers in Hebei and Henan, the pressure must be huge.

And now we confess to the Taishan army, ask them to let go of the southbound passage, and they promise that they will not commit any offence with the Taishan army after returning to Henan.

Otherwise, the so-called return to the division should not be stopped, and when they are disturbed on the back road, they may really have to fight with their Taishan army.

Chun Yuqiong's suggestion is undoubtedly quite feasible.

Because the current situation of the Hebei battlefield is in a stalemate. The Taishan army could not do the two roads of Henan and Hebei. If the Henan soldiers are determined to leave, they can focus their energy on Lu Zhi's Hebei army.

To put it bluntly, Chun Yuqiong wants to sell the Hebei Han Army, and he sells it even more naked.

These things are understood by everyone present.

They tacitly believe that for the people who sell Hebei, there is no burden in their hearts. But Cao Cao frowned tightly.

Because he tasted something different from it.

Among the many lieutenants present, in fact, there is a faction behind it.

For example, Chun Yuqiong, who spoke, was behind Runan Yuan. He and Yuan Shao are close friends, and their words and deeds can't help but make people think deeply.

Among the six counties of Yuzhou, the most important ones are actually Runan and Yingchuan.

Among them, the representative family of Runan is the Yuan family, and the representative family of Yingchuan is the Xun family.

Now because of the hatred of the party and the great loss of the strength of the Han family, under the influence of internal and external factors, the families of Yuzhou stand together, but it does not mean that there is no resistance.

Just say the most important thing, that is, who will represent and who will unify the families in Yuzhou?

Originally, this must have been Yuan's, but in this process, Xun's also contributed a lot, which made some powerful people who were not very good with Yuan's come to Xun's side one after another, ready to fight against Yuan's.

This matter directly violated Yuan's taboo.

In fact, in the past few years, they Yuan don't know how much effort they have made behind their backs, how much layout they have made, just to soar into the sky in the chaos of the world.

But now a lot of things have made the Xun family get up first, isn't this a wedding dress for them?

No way!

And so the blow came.

No, Chun Yuqiong suggested that Xun Yu come as an envoy. This thing is very dangerous, just because you are alone in the enemy's den, you will be killed if you don't want to do it well.

So Cao Cao has the heart to object, after all, the current Xun You is his ally in the army, after he is a eunuch, without Xun You as a bridge in the middle, he is also a little self-endangered.

But the strange thing is that everyone present seems to have acquiesced in this matter, meaning that Xun Yu will be the envoy.

This had to make Cao Cao vigilant, so he looked at Xun You, meaning that as long as he was unwilling, he Cao Cao would definitely protect him.

But Xun You didn't have any difficulties, and directly received the errand. Even when Cao Cao wanted Xu Chu to take fifty tigers to escort Xun You to the court, Xun You refused.

In the end, Xun You was in the wind and snow, and an ox cart stumbled into the song to see what kind of turmoil it would roll up.

Before Xun Yu arrived, Chaoge's military mansion was indeed hotly discussing the battle behind.

If the plan of the Han army of the Qishui camp before was to attack Chaoge. Before the war, the plan of the Taishan army after taking Chaoge was to make an appointment with Ding Shengbu on the north bank to attack the Henan camp.

This is Zhang Chong's strategy. It seems that it is attacking from the north and defending the south, but it is actually for the Han army on the south bank of Qishui. In fact, Zhang Chong started with a tentative attack in the north and an all-out attack in the south.

All this went smoothly after the attack on Chaoge.

But not long after entering the city, the plan changed.

That is, after learning from the prisoners in the city that a group of Han knights was actually outside the city before the battle, or they alerted the guards of the northern city, and then they led the team in the direction of Qishui.

At this time, Zhang Chong knew that the plan to attack the Qishui camp could not be concealed, and there was no suddenness of the attack on the camp.

In addition, the Taishan army braved the snow to attack, and also frostbitten and frostbitten many people and horses, so Zhang Chong decided to repair in Chaoge City.

The original plan was cancelled.

But on the third day, they received a military intelligence from Ding Sheng, and only then did they know that the Han army on the south bank of Qishui had also changed.

That's why there was this military discussion.